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Caribbean Sailing RegattaTue, 31 Mar 2015 04:16:29 +0000en-UShourly1El Ocaso Yacht Charterhttp://www.sailingweek.com/v4/el-ocaso-yacht-charter/
http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/el-ocaso-yacht-charter/#commentsFri, 27 Mar 2015 14:00:48 +0000http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/?p=7354‘El Ocaso, the former Lazy Dog, is a 40-foot J/122 and has quite the winning pedigree in the Caribbean under both names in regattas in St Maarten, St Thomas, BVI and Antigua. Since purchasing her the current owners have been converting her to an all North Sails inventory including 3Di main and jibs. In the […]

‘El Ocaso, the former Lazy Dog, is a 40-foot J/122 and has quite the winning pedigree in the Caribbean under both names in regattas in St Maarten, St Thomas, BVI and Antigua. Since purchasing her the current owners have been converting her to an all North Sails inventory including 3Di main and jibs. In the past off season the standing rigging has been replaced, the rig painted, the bottom painted and burnished, primary winches have been replaced, the traveler system has been upgraded and a number of overall upgrades have been made to the boat. El Ocaso is expected to rate CSA 0.950 this season with 104% headsails. She has 2 quarter berths for 1-2 people each, 2 salon berths for 1 person each and a v-berth for 1-2 people. She is a joy to sail and is always a very competitive boat in Caribbean regattas. El Ocaso is being made available for charter in St Thomas, BVI and Antigua for 2015. The charter package includes a Captain on board. Her charter fee has just been reduced to $19,000 USD for Antigua Sailing Week including two practice days.

]]>http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/el-ocaso-yacht-charter/feed/0Pearns Point to Sponsor Round Antigua Race & Antigua Sailing Week Green Teamhttp://www.sailingweek.com/v4/pearns-point-to-sponsor-round-antigua-race-antigua-sailing-week-green-team/
http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/pearns-point-to-sponsor-round-antigua-race-antigua-sailing-week-green-team/#commentsWed, 25 Mar 2015 21:37:02 +0000http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/?p=8326Antigua Sailing Week is delighted to announce Pearns Point as the official sponsor of the Round Antigua Race for 2015 as well as a Development Sponsor of Antigua Sailing Week through Pearns Point’s parent company Orange Limited. The Pearns Point Round Antigua Race will take place exactly one month from today, on Saturday, April 25. Located […]

]]>Antigua Sailing Week is delighted to announce Pearns Point as the official sponsor of the Round Antigua Race for 2015 as well as a Development Sponsor of Antigua Sailing Week through Pearns Point’s parent company Orange Limited. The Pearns Point Round Antigua Race will take place exactly one month from today, on Saturday, April 25.

Located on the stunning west coast of Antigua, Pearns Point is a 137-acre peninsula with 8 pristine beaches and panoramic views of the turquoise Caribbean Sea. As a luxury development there are 67 plots alongside a 5-star branded boutique hotel. Ideally situated for a private residential community, its peninsula form ensures unrivaled security yet maintains convenient accessibility. The development has great appeal to boat owners and enthusiasts due to its close proximity to Jolly Harbour Marina.

Competitors of the Pearns Point Round Antigua Race will get a magnificent view of Pearns Point as they sail past between the Sandy and Jolly marks of the course on the leeward side of Antigua and entrants, including the MOD 70 trimaran Phaedo^3, will be visible to spectators from Pearns Point as they challenge the course record.

Albert Hartog, Chairman of Orange Limited said: ‘We are delighted to be a sponsor of Antigua Sailing Week. It continues to be the most important event which raises awareness throughout the world of Antigua as a vacation and residential destination for holiday makers and investors year round. We are ready to make significant announcements about the Pearns Point development and it therefore makes sense that we would partner with Antigua Sailing Week on destination promotions.’

The peninsula Pears Point – Photo credit Orange Limited

As part of its overall strategy Orange Limited has been working hard on its sustainability strategy. ‘Renewable energy and planning our development with residential and vacation homes which will utilize natural resources and minimize power requirements as much as is feasible is critical’, continues Hartog. It is because of the importance of their own environmental objectives that Orange Limited feels very strongly about supporting the Green Team.

The Green Team for Antigua Sailing Week 2015 is part of the strategy being deployed by the event organisers, with the assistance of Sailors for the Sea and Antigua’s Environmental Awareness Group, to deliver a ‘Clean Regatta’. Commercial Director of Antigua Sailing Week, Alison Sly-Adams says: “Delivery of the Green Team is not only about recycling and waste management, but about supporting a zero waste initiative and raising awareness about the impact of everything we do on our oceans and ultimately our livelihoods. This means concentrating on reducing single use plastics as much as possible and actively seeking alternatives to many of the plastics historically used in the event among other strategies. She continues: ‘The objective of Sailors for the Sea is to leverage events to deliver new habits and lead environmental change and we are delighted that Orange Limited is investing in the event and the Green Team and therefore in our ability to deliver on some of our environmental objectives.”

As part of the Green Team initiative, every competitor will receive an aluminum re-usable water bottle and will be offered free refills of ‘Antigua Sky Juice’ using a UV filtration system that provides safe and pure drinking water at very low cost. Refills will be available from Antigua Yacht Club before and after racing daily.

The Pearns Point Round Antigua takes place on Saturday 25th April 2015 and is open to all boats whether racing in Antigua Sailing Week or just wishing to race for one day. Thirty-eight boats have already entered and prizes will be awarded for best monohull elapsed time, best multihull elapsed time, 1st, 2nd and 3rd place overall on corrected time, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each class.

]]>http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/pearns-point-to-sponsor-round-antigua-race-antigua-sailing-week-green-team/feed/0Rock up and Race – even just for a dayhttp://www.sailingweek.com/v4/rock-up-and-race-even-just-for-a-day/
http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/rock-up-and-race-even-just-for-a-day/#commentsWed, 25 Mar 2015 13:27:14 +0000http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/?p=8306Ondeck have individual places on their Dehler 39 to ‘Rock Up and Race’ for just a day. If you want to experience the thrill of Antigua Sailing Week, but don’t have a week of your time to commit to it or you are a novice and would like a taster, or just here in Antigua […]

Ondeck have individual places on their Dehler 39 to ‘Rock Up and Race’ for just a day.

If you want to experience the thrill of Antigua Sailing Week, but don’t have a week of your time to commit to it or you are a novice and would like a taster, or just here in Antigua on holiday and want to give it a go then Rock up and Race is the way to go.

Ondeck will take you out for the day with their experience skipper and crew to be part of the race action – and you can be there for as many days as you want, or just one day.

]]>http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/rock-up-and-race-even-just-for-a-day/feed/0Individual Place and Full Boat Charter – Last minute availabilityhttp://www.sailingweek.com/v4/individual-place-and-full-boat-charter-last-minute-availability/
http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/individual-place-and-full-boat-charter-last-minute-availability/#commentsTue, 24 Mar 2015 03:17:34 +0000http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/?p=8283You know you want to! If you are thinking about coming to ASW 2015 – there is still availability either as individual places on some yachts or whole boat charters. Check out the companies below to get your place now.

]]>You know you want to! If you are thinking about coming to ASW 2015 – there is still availability either as individual places on some yachts or whole boat charters. Check out the companies below to get your place now.

Boat / Charter Company

Basis

Web / Contact

Ondeck

Rock up and Race - individual places on a day by day basis- even for one day

www.ondeck.com
pac@ondeckoceanracing.com

Ondeck

Individual Places available on various yachts

www.ondeck.com
pa@ondeckoceanracing.com

Southern Child / Northern Child

Individual Places

www.performanceyachtcharter.com
lucy@performanceyachtcharter.com

Cuba Libre

Whole boat or as individual places

www.miramarsailing.com
marketing@miramarsailing.com

KH + P - Sun Odyssey 44i (one design)

Single berths starting and ending in SXM - or can arrive direct to Antigua. Price 1.640 Euro/person including all race fees (entry, measurement, surcharges of charter company), skipper, final cleaning, KH+P service/meeting points/racetrainer. Not included catering and running costs etc, as usual.
For bookings of 2 persons together we will give a discount of 100 Euro each.

]]>http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/individual-place-and-full-boat-charter-last-minute-availability/feed/0Flying Colours for Antigua Sailing Weekhttp://www.sailingweek.com/v4/flying-colours-for-antigua-sailing-week/
http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/flying-colours-for-antigua-sailing-week/#commentsMon, 23 Mar 2015 23:54:17 +0000http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/?p=8278With less than a month to go to the 48th edition of Antigua Sailing Week, over 100 yachts are entered to take part in the Caribbean’s longest running regatta, with more entries expected over the coming weeks. Antigua Sailing Week is expected to attract several thousand sailors and party revellers to Falmouth Harbour and Nelson’s […]

]]>With less than a month to go to the 48th edition of Antigua Sailing Week, over 100 yachts are entered to take part in the Caribbean’s longest running regatta, with more entries expected over the coming weeks. Antigua Sailing Week is expected to attract several thousand sailors and party revellers to Falmouth Harbour and Nelson’s Dockyard for the Caribbean’s most famous sailing event.

“I always look forward to coming to Antigua, it is just a wonderful place to race,” commented Lloyd Thornburg. “It has to be one of the best places to sail anywhere in the world and the party atmosphere ashore just adds to that. We have a lot of friends in Antigua and the organisers put on a great event. Phaedo^3 will be take part in the Guadeloupe to Antigua Race on April 24 and the Round Antigua Race on April 25 and if the conditions are right and the crew performs, we have the capability of setting new records for both.

According to Gunboat founder, Peter Johnstone, the long awaited debut of the G4 will be at Antigua Sailing Week. Eduardo Perez’s G4, vivid orange catamaran Timbalero 3 designed by Nigel Irens, is the latest generation of foiling catamarans capable of phenomenal speed. Former A-Cat World Champion Mischa Heemskerk, also part of the design team, is expected to be on board. Eduardo Perez was last at Antigua Sailing Week in 2011, winning the Gunboat class with Cucu Belle. The brand new Gunboat 55 Toccata will also be racing at Antigua Sailing Week. Owned by Chris and Carolyn Groobey, the couple plan to cruise Toccata back to Newport Rhode Island after Antigua Sailing Week and compete in this summer’s Transatlantic Race and events in Europe.

The largest monohull registered to date for Antigua Sailing Week is Jean-Paul Riviere’s Finot-Conq 100, Nomad IV. The magnificent scarlet red French yacht has a towering 47 metre mast and is one of the fastest cruising yachts in the world. The gold hulled Farr 95 Dharma, built by Southern Wind will be the closest match on the water to Nomad IV.

Entries for Antigua Sailing Week are divided into a large number of classes which are designed to match the boats into competitive fleets. From the world’s fastest yachts to family and friends racing their own pride and joy, Antigua Sailing Week has a wide appeal with five days of competitive racing off the rugged south coast of Antigua plus two optional days of racing including around Antigua and the race from Guadeloupe. Antigua Sailing Week is a highly competitive regatta held in one of the world’s finest sailing locations. The party atmosphere onshore – well that is legendary.

Whole boat and individual places are still available for anyone who wants to fly in and race. Check out the website for details of available charters.To enter and for more information visit: www.sailingweek.com.

Legendary roots reggae band Steel Pulse will headline the live entertainment for the 48th Antigua Sailing Week. Dubbed ‘The best live reggae band on the planet’ by Vibe magazine, Grammy Award winners Steel Pulse have shared the same stage as Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Police, The Clash and Billy Idol. Steel Pulse will be live on stage in Nelson’s Dockyard on the big party night Tuesday 28 April along with iconic Antiguan soca star Tian Winter.

Kennedy’s Club Ltd., a major beverage distribution company in Antigua has made the party possible with support from key brands Johnnie Walker Whisky and Presidente Beer, the Official Whisky and Beer of Antigua Sailing Week. Commenting on their support of Antigua Sailing Week this year, Dion Francis, Managing Director said: “Kennedy’s Club was formed in 1962, 6 years before Antigua Sailing Week was born and we have always had strong ties with the event. Following our return to sponsorship in 2014 we have worked with the organisers to develop a party schedule that both visiting sailors and the Antiguan community are going to love. We look forward to seeing the whole of Antigua at the parties to enjoy the atmosphere and welcome all visitors to our shores and our culture.”

Opening on Friday 24 April, The Presidente Beer Garden at Antigua Yacht Club will be the place to go after racing for a cold beer and daily prize givings, where a portfolio of beers from the Caribbean region and the USA will be found including Presidente, Red Stripe, Wadadli, Hairoun, Kubuli and Budweiser. The same great choice of beers will also be found all week in Main Brace, the old English Pub at the Copper & Lumber Store, Nelson’s Dockyard, and on the lawn bars throughout the regatta. In addition, a Beer Festival will take place in Nelson’s Dockyard on Sunday 26 April with two of Antigua’s top musical acts performing live on stage, rock and pop band 17 61º and beautiful soca diva, Claudette Peters.

The Lay Day Beach Party featuring the Nonsuch Bay RS Elite Challenge at Pigeon Point will be on Wednesday 29 April. From midday there will be great music from DJ’s Easy P and Tanny, taking this beach party into the night. Party goers will enjoy barbecues, cold beers, fire dancers, beach games with DJ Sporty and fantastic action on the water. The Nonsuch Bay RS Elite Challenge is staged right off Pigeon Beach and live commentary will keep spectators informed about the on the water action where world class sailors compete for the ultimate prize, one weeks’ accommodation for two with use of all watersports facilities at Nonsuch Bay Resort, and of course, major bragging rights!

]]>http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/steel-pulse-headline-antigua-sailing-week/feed/0Performance Yacht Charterhttp://www.sailingweek.com/v4/performance-yacht-charter/
http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/performance-yacht-charter/#commentsFri, 06 Feb 2015 06:00:42 +0000http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/?p=4350We offer performance racing yachts that are race prepared, race optimised and have a track record of getting results in the Caribbean. Our yachts are available to groups for whole boat charter or individuals who want to join a crew. Please contact us for more information. Thomas ASW 2012 – ‘WOW – WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!!! Christian […]

We offer performance racing yachts that are race prepared, race optimised and have a track record of getting results in the Caribbean. Our yachts are available to groups for whole boat charter or individuals who want to join a crew. Please contact us for more information.

Thomas ASW 2012 – ‘WOW – WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!!!

Christian and Lucy were absolutely amazing leading our team and we had a positively brilliant time together with them and the rest of the crew on and off the waters of Antigua. I can highly recommend anyone interested in participating in a sail race to sign up with Northern Child!’

]]>http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/performance-yacht-charter/feed/0Antigua – Where it All Happenshttp://www.sailingweek.com/v4/antigua-happens/
http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/antigua-happens/#commentsFri, 06 Feb 2015 01:37:07 +0000http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/?p=8052Antigua Sailing Week is the most famous sailing regatta in the Caribbean. Since 1968, sailors from all over the world have flocked to Antigua for one of the world’s most prestigious yachting regattas, and for good reason. Ask any experienced yacht racer to name the best places to sail in the world and you can […]

Antigua Sailing Week is the most famous sailing regatta in the Caribbean. Since 1968, sailors from all over the world have flocked to Antigua for one of the world’s most prestigious yachting regattas, and for good reason.

Ask any experienced yacht racer to name the best places to sail in the world and you can be sure that Antigua will be one of them. The south coast of Antigua is blessed with warm trade winds and often significant swell; it’s a race course to savour. Held at the end of the Caribbean regatta season, Antigua Sailing Week is the last major event before racing yachts and their crew move on to events in pastures afar and that is reflected in the wonderful party atmosphere ashore.

Antigua Sailing Week’s roots stem from the birth of the Caribbean yacht charter industry which started in Antigua in the 1960s. Racing yacht and bareboat charter is still a fundamental part of the regatta and there are a myriad of charter opportunities from single berths to entire teams on a huge variety of yachts. With daily flights from Europe and North America and a variety of accommodation, booking your dream Caribbean adventure is a simple process. Visit http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/race-charters/ for a wide selection of charter options.

The racing areas are second to none and race management and courses have been honed over recent years to produce high quality, professional racing which is arguably the most competitive anywhere in the world and this year, by popular demand, more reaching legs are planned.

At the Daily Prize-givings professional sailors rub shoulders with passionate amateurs. The Beer Garden at Antigua Yacht Club is the focal point daily after racing to discuss the day’s highs and lows and meet crews from other yachts. With over 100 yachts expected with sailors from over 20 different countries around the world, the conversation is guaranteed to be lively, unique and interesting.

Falmouth Harbour and Nelson’s Dockyard are legendary party locations with famous and popular bars, restaurants and the occasional impromptu dock party thrown in, alongside the official Antigua Sailing Week parties which take place most nights, making for a busy week off the water. The big party night is Tuesday when over 2,000 revellers will enjoy live acts on the main stage and a few ice cold drinks to get the dancing shoes fully warmed up, secure in the knowledge that the next day is Lay Day allowing for a rest from racing.

Located on Pigeon Beach, Lay Day is an easy stroll from both harbours. The all-day Beach Party has chill out Reggae music and all manner of water sports, beach cricket and the famous Nonsuch Bay RS Elite Challenge, with the victor winning a stay at the exclusive award-winning Nonsuch Bay Resort.

Sixty five boats have already entered, join them by visiting the official Antigua Sailing Week web site: www.sailingweek.com. Early bird rates on entry fees valid through February 28, 2015.

]]>http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/antigua-happens/feed/0Antigua Sailing Week Strengthens its Relationship with Sailors for the Seashttp://www.sailingweek.com/v4/antigua-sailing-week-strengthens-relationship-sailors-seas/
http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/antigua-sailing-week-strengthens-relationship-sailors-seas/#commentsThu, 05 Feb 2015 16:08:15 +0000http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/?p=8037Sailors for the Sea’s Clean Regattas program is the world’s only certification system for water based events. One part education, two parts activation, the Clean Regattas program unites and mobilizes sailors by offering support and resources to help heal the ocean. With over 650 Clean Regattas certified since the program’s inception and 264,000 sailors—they’re raising […]

Sailors for the Sea’s Clean Regattas program is the world’s only certification system for water based events. One part education, two parts activation, the Clean Regattas program unites and mobilizes sailors by offering support and resources to help heal the ocean. With over 650 Clean Regattas certified since the program’s inception and 264,000 sailors—they’re raising the bar for environmental sustainability and ocean health. Antigua Sailing Week is delighted to continue its association with such an important environmental movement.

Over the coming year with Sailors for the Sea’s assistance we will be working hard to adopt new methodologies and challenge the way we work in all aspects of the regatta to ensure that we do our part in ‘Cleaning up’ our regatta services, and will be working with many yachting stakeholders in Antigua to make this happen. To help with this, we would love for you to become part of this initiative.

When it comes to loving the ocean, it’s all about chemistry. Every year, one third of our CO2 emissions are absorbed by the sea. As a result we’re changing the chemistry of the ocean. It’s called Ocean Acidification–it’s as if the pH in your blood changed, causing your bones to dissolve. This Valentine’s Day show the ocean some love by taking the NT3 pledge at http://sailorsforthesea.org/nt3 to reduce your carbon footprint.